The committee tasked to screen persons who opted for the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive positions nationwide and make recommendations presented its report a few weeks ago to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The report has since been forwarded to the Minister for Local Government, Decentralization and …
Read More »Video: ‘Mahama Is NDC’s Candidate For 2024, People Identify With Him’ – Nii Lante Vanderpuye
NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for the Odododiodoo Constituency and a former Minister of State, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye, has predicted a massive defeat for any member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who contests the flagbearer position of the party against John Mahama ahead of the 2024 general election. …
Read More »Guinea Coup : We’re Required To Take Informed Decisions – ECOWAS Chair Akufo-Addo
Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said told members states in relation to the coup in Guinea that the regional body is required to take informed decisions on these matters that would have long term consequences to the stability and …
Read More »Rasta Student Quits Achimota For GIS Following AG’s Appeal
Oheneba Nkrabea, one of the Rasta students has currently been enrolled at Ghana International School(GIS) in Accra. Kasapa News sources say the parents of the Rasta student moved their ward to the prestigious international school after they learned of the Attorney General’s decision to appeal against the High Court’s ruling …
Read More »KNUST Students Ordered To Vacate Campus 18 September Over Planned Attacks
Students at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been ordered to vacate campus by mid-day of 18 September, an official statement said. The Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council (ARCC) said the directive is to prevent a planned disturbance on campus on the eve of vacation. …
Read More »I’ve Not Demanded That District Assemblies Contribute ¢2k And ¢5k For My Father’s Funeral – Western Regional Minister
Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, has rejected claims that District Assemblies in his region are to contribute between ¢2,000 and ¢5,000 for his father’s funeral. A viral letter making the rounds claimed that Metropolitan, Municipal and Districts in the Western Region had been asked to pay the said …
Read More »Akufo-Addo Reappoints Alex Dodoo As Director-General Of GSA
President Akufo-Addo has retained Prof. Alex Dodoo as Director-General of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA). The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare communicated the retention in a letter dated 9th September 2021, sighted by GhanaWeb. Prof Dodoo, a pharmaceutical scientist, was first appointed as Director-General of the GSE in 2017 and has since …
Read More »Western Region MMDCEs Billed To Pay Ghc49,000 For Regional Minister’s Father’s Funeral
It has emerged that all Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives and their Assemblies have been billed to contribute to the final funeral rites of the late father of the Regional Minister Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah. In a letter which has since gone viral on social media, all MMDCEs and …
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MMDCEs: Akufo-Addo Submits Finalised List To Dan Botwe To Announce
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has finalised the list of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) to be nominated to serve in the next three-and-a-half years. The list is expected to be received by the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Daniel Botwe, Thursday morning for onward …
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